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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

Charles Crosby, at Kingston N. Y, for muir
der Peter Louis Otto at Buffalo, N. Y, for the
murder of his wife. Lee Barnes at Dover, Ark. !;
killed Charles Holman and secured $50; both
gamblers Louis Kilgrave at Raleigh, n. c.,
for the murder of Matte Henderson both col
ored. James Reynolds at Sidney, Reb for the
murder of James Ralston and son. John c.
Henning at Charlottesville, Ind killed Mrs
him because of his Incorporate habits. An
tonic Nardello, in Washington, D. C., for the
murder of Carnine Rotunno whom he robbed
of $50
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
JUDGE lLYNCH'S WORK.
Victims of Mob Violence and Their Crimes
Hangings, Shootings, and Burnings.
JANUARY.

Two negroes-Emmett Key and Nat Forbes
entered the house of E. T. Carroll in Sunfower
County, Mississippi, and asked for some apples
while Carroll was STOPPING to supply their
wants they drove a Ratchet into his head, then
took 300 and watch from his person; the Gull
prits were captured and suspended from a
bridge. At the Schuyler (Neb) Jail a prisoner
named Latour killed Sheriff John egnan with
piece of scantling; Latour taken from
the Jail and hanged by mob Holly Epps,
colored, was taken from jail at Vincennes, Ind,
and hanged by party of twenty men from
Greene County where the culprit killed Far
mer Dobson and att mpted to assault his wife,
Sidney Brown (colored) was strung up at Roche
dale. Texas, for the murder of farmer named
Ford Calvin Simpson, mulatto, for the bru-
tai murder of Mrs Graves in Henderson Coun-
ty, kentucky, was taken from jail and hanged.
Citizens of Susanville, Cal, hanged in the
courthouse yard two convicted murd erers, an
Indian and Mexican, named Dick and Olinas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
lime.

Geo. McNair, colored. aged 10. suffered death
at the ropes end at Jackson Vile. N. G.. !; his
offense an assault upon white girl of g..
A double execution came OF at Winchester, Va,
on the 4th wesley Honesty and Tabey Banks)
and single one James Bax teri at Winchester,
Tenn; all colored men and all murderers.
Arthur Williams and named Drayton
were hanged at Orlando Fla. Drayton was
convicted Of murder and the other of O. criminal
assault, his victim dying. Alfred Taylor colored,
persisted on the scaffold at Opelousas La, for
assault upon white woman. Dennis Boyd, q
negro, was executed at Bellevue, La, for the
assassination of David Haas Geo B. Davis
was hanged at Scale, Ala, for the murder of
Archie Reeves, and at Greenville, Miss, Robt
murder0rs, suffered the death penalty
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

WHEN a man speaks to a lamp post,
and cautions it not to "bob round at
such rate, " it shows that the post is
getting irregular in it's habits, and needs
looking after.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
SEPTEMBER.

David Johnson a 1unatic who killed Edward
White in the street at Western Port, Nd, was
seized by citizens and suspended to @ bridge
over the Potomac his neck was broken. A
negro named Wilkerson was riddled with bull
lets near Millen, Ga, for criminal assault.
Bowman Paxton, druggist, hanged to a tree at
Maiden, Mo-, for murder. Il. f. Symmes,
charged with murder, was taken from the au-
tholities at Montrose Col, and hanged
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
NOVEMBER,

In boarding house at Newark, New Jersey
the sight of single roast chicken for seven
hungry caused fight with knives, in which
two men We're stabbed, the table was MrecSe1 /.
and the supper strewn over the floor Chas.
Williams, of White River, Canada, found Rich
ard O'Brien in company with his wife, and pro-
ceeded to horsewhip the interloper, but the
latter shot Williams dead, then killed Williams
aged father and mother and two little childre II,
after which he stabbed Mrs. VIII ans and set
the house on fire the woman lived long enough
to tell the authorities of o Briens crime, and he
was arrested. Benz. WHEELER, of Cleveland, o.,
aged 81, was held for numbering his wife, aged
81; the couple posse ssed $1,000 and it is be-
heved that in quarrel touching his wife's will
the old man stranglsd her; he insisted that the
deed was done by robbers. Rhodes Clements,
of Havensville. Kan suddenly became a raw
ing maniac killed Samuel Gordon, cut off his
head, and devoured his heart, lungs and liver
Clements was jailed. Justice Scott, of the Illi-
nois Supreme Court granted supersedeas in
the case of the Chicago anarchists as the court
will not sit until March, the execution set fer
December can not take place until the
spring of 1887. Nine youths were sentenced to
death at Sydney, n s. W., for committing a
criminal assault upon 15year- old servant girl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
MARCH.

On the 9Th, Clarence Gray, alias Isham Col
lins was hanged at Winnemucca, New, for the
murder of Il. Ii. Scott, while attempting to rob
the latter's store. Patrick Ford and John Muir
ply, New Orleans politicians, were hanged at
the Crescent City on the 18th for the murder of
Captain A. II. Murphy: the Louisiana Board of
PardoDs refused to yield to petition of 70 786
citizens for the release of the culprts who
sought to escape the gallows by taking poison,
but were partially revived and worked off by the
sheriff at the appointed hour. Louis ONeil
suffered the death penalty at Jacksonville, Ore
gon, for the murder Of Lewis Mcdaniel. On the
26th, Frank Mulkowsky, the murderer of Mrs.
Agnes KledZieck, expiated his crime in the Jail
yard at Chicago, protesting his innocence to the
last moment. negro named John Drake was
executed at Thomaston, Ga for the murder of
lis wife and the cremation o. her corpse.
APRIL.
jeff Wilson, a colored man. was worked off by
the Sheriff at Lexington, Mo on the I'd, for the
murder or his mistress. Robt. j. Phillips, a.
colored wife-murderer, executed at Indian
apolis on the Sth. On the 18th Sheriffs worked
off Allen j. Adams at Amherst Mass for the
murder. in 1875, of his employer, an aged farm
er-Adams spent ten years after his crime as
diss olute tramp, confessed in a drunken brawl,
and was convicted; Camille Gonzales a Next
can rObber, at Bracket, Texas, for the murder
of Peter Johnson, ranchnan and Chas Rob-
inson lcoloredl at Newcastle, Del, for outrage.
Robt. Smith (colored), aged 10, suffered death at
Nicholasville, KY. for the murder of his STEP
father, James Sea- the culprit sold his body to
surgeons for s25, which he expended for fruit.
On the 23d Robt. Fowler was hanged at Nor
garfield, KY. for the murder of Miss Lydia
Burnett. who had refused his hand in marriage
On the same day the gallows at Fort Smith,
Ark, was used seventy first time in twelve
years. in the execution of James WATSON and
Joseph Jackson, for murders committed in the
Indian Territory. On the 30th and last day of
the month the hangman closed the earthly
career of j. M. Armstrong at Perryville, Ark,
George Carroll at Searcy, in the same State,
Richard j. Lee and Louis Somerfeld at Wash
ington, D. c.. and James Walker at Augustine
Fls. Giuseppe Scoma. an Italian, convicted of
the murder of one of his countrymen, cheated
the hangman by suiciding in his cell at Hudson,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson s Eye Water. Druggists sellit. %.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

prisonment for life In quarrel az Washing
ton, d. c., about an umbrella, Thomas Carter a
negro aged 10, stabbed and killed james
Holmes (coloredl, who insisted on borrowing
he article against the wishes Of the owner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
MAY.

George Young, a negro wife-murderer was
hanged at Galveston. Arthur j. Grover who
murdered Granville G. Loomis in 1885. suffered
the laws dread penalty at the Columbus Ohio
penitentiary at / a. m. of the 14th. Other exc
cutions during the month: Louis WJlst, alias
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

IF a cough disturbs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for Consumption. and rest we'll
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
APRIL.

Louis P. Schmidt, of Freeport, H., who had
been expelled from the knights of Labor for
disclosing secrets of the order, hanged him
self at Davenport, Iowa. The Earl Of
Shaftesbury committed suicide in London by
shooting himself; he the eighth Earl of
Shaftesbury, succeeding on Oct 1, 1885, to the
title on the death of his father, the noted philan-
thropist. Five murderers in Indian Territory
escaped the gallows by Communication of their
sentence to life imprisonment in the Detroit
House of Correction; three of the party killed
peddler for plug of tobacco Burmese rebels
captured the British station at Meegandet,
bound the garrison with Cords and massacred
twenty-three persons In Seward County, Kan
ses, Fritz Rupin, half-witted farm hand as
sault the vie of his employer, Mrs. jacob
Freimuth, and killed both her and her unborn
babe; the husband was absent at the time, and
when he beheld the mutilated bodies he became
a raving maniac, and suicided with a shotgun
q posse of neighbors pursued and captured hn-
pin, who tied by the neck to g fractions
horse aud dragged for miles over the prairie :
the body Of the wretch was left uncovered
where the exhausted horse fell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
a Great Offer.

Rev. ROBERT CoLLYER is featuring
IN and around Boston.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
DECEMBER,

Chas. Snodgrass, employed in g. clothing
house at Cynthiana, Ky. committed suicide by
taking morphine because be was accused of
stealing So; his aged father dropped dead when
he heard the sad news. j. S. Cornelison, q
Louisville GKy.l attorney, was given three years
in Jail for cowhiding Judge Reid at Mt. Ster-
ling, who afterward took his own life from
modification. William Reed was o5 and
killed at English Ind, by Ben Smith, jim dis
pute over the proper spelling OF a word. Emily
Brown, a white woman of Baltimore, was MUIR
dered by two negroes, whose sole object was to
sell the corpse to medical college. The legis-
lators of the Seminole Indians passed q law
Furnishing stealing by fifty lashes for the first
Howell fatally shot James Graham at Utica,
n. Y, because (he said Graham cheated him
out of four dollars.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY.
notorious colored desperate named James
was HANGED by citizens of Beauregard, La he
confessed TO enc murder, the burning of several
houses, and tn intention to kill five persons
were he at liberty The minions Of Judge
Lynch obeyed his behests in the following in
Cliff Colo. for killing Mike Gleason; George
Robinson tcolored). who killed Miuard F. Par
ker at Monroe, La. a negro named Burns at
Martinsburg, w. Va. after confessing to an as
sault upon a white girl.
VA Witcher, an orator and politician, was
lynched in southwestern Virginia for the muir
der of his fifth wife. An Indian Territory mob
reported the mysterious disappearance of q
lecherons exhorter named Murgll, whom they
were taking to Vlnita for trial for assault upon
an Indian girl John, Martin and Thomas
Archer, three brothers, accused of murder, were
taken from jail at ST oals, Ind by a mob and
lynched Handy Woodward tcolCred), who at
tempted to assault q child, vas taken from jail
at Russellyilie, KY: by masked men, and
summarily hanged by mob for O. criminal
assault upon the daughter of prominent citi-
zen. lobe Williams and Weakley Ridley, both
negroes, were hanged to @ tree at Alamo, Tenn,
for the murder OF Daniel Guthrie. Fred Vii
lerssa, an Italian, was taken from Jail at Yicks-
burg, Miss, by mob and hanged; his crime
was an outrageous assault. Forty citizens of
Anthony, Kan took from the sheriff the two
brothers Weaver imprisoned for mUrder), and
shot them to death, the tragedy being Witnessed
one of them. Ke1lis Norman (co!ored) was
lyncbed at Axtop, Va, for assault and robbery.
APRIL.
AT Springfield Mo-. en- the Goth, Geo, e. Ora
ham, wife-murderer, was taken from the Jail By
a mob of 800 men, and strGng up to q tree when
the mob unlocked Graham cell he gre eted
them with the re mark "You can b ing me- but
by Cd; you can't scare mo-" Mendy Jones' a
colored outlaw, was killed by lynchers at Au-
burn, KY, for a criminal attempt upon two
white girls, whose room he had entered.
Albert Smith, O. negro laborer, killed his en-
ployer, Maj. w. p. Green, sugar planter. near
New Orleans Smith was taken from jail and
hanged to tree. Dan and Sam Mann were
strung up by mob at Barlow, Fla, for killing
the marshal Of that place.
JUNE.
During the month mobs inflicted summary
punishment in the following cases Alfred
Long, who murdered A. j. Mcbride and wife
ana burned their bodies, near Lexington, N O.
Charles White tcolored), accused of assault
ing the child Of a clergyman. Ole Beckvolt,
near Grand Forks, Dakota. Eli Owens, arrested
Tor assault upon his l6-year-Old sister-in-law,
taken from jail at Hebron, Neb., and hanged to
a tree by masked men, w. p. Pruitt, lynched
near Sipe Springs, Comanche County, Texas,
for consviring to murder j. o. Hostetter. The
wantOD murder of Marshal John Convey at De-
troit City, Mimi, by gambler named William
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
AnGuST.


ExPolicemen Jim Moore, of Macon, Ga,
applied to for Information by q stranger, a lady
from Savannah, whereupon he prooured hack,
pistol to her head compelled her submission
when the fact became known angry crowd
hanged him to tree. Judge Lynch inflicted
ing the month as foiloy VS. John Shorts of searcy
Ark, wife-murder an unknown tramp who
robbed and murdered John S. Davis, agent of
the o. and NJ. r. r., at Huron, Ind. VIM. Wat
kins, bricklayer, at Aurora Ind, was drag ed
to water tank and hanged, with his hands
tel-he had killed his employer, Louis Hill
bert, contractor; citizens OF Jackson, Tenn,
hanged Eliza Woods, a negro cook, accused
of poisoning white woman. John and Lean
der Nelson were hanged from @ bridge near
MagI Ola, La. At Vicksburg, Miss, negro
boy Of Is, who killed Mrs. Davis, wife of his
employer, with a hoe, was shot to death by
neigbbors. All of the above were punished for
murder. Three negroes at McNutt Lake. Miss,
were hanged by citizens for at .empted assault
upon some young ladies',
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
MAY.

Except the Haymarket riots at Chicago (men-
ton of which is made elsewhere), nothing
specially noteworthy Tanspired during the
head of crime
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
JUNE E.

In quarrel over politics between two physi-
clans. at Stephensport. Ind, killed the
other by cutting his throat; the dead man,
Dr. Agee brother of an ex-Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska Mrs. VIM. Sloane, of
Stamford, Vt, in a fit of jealousy, drowned her
4year-old son, to spit her husband; the shock
made Mr.. Sloane insane. Forty lives were lost
in election riot in Santiago, the capital of
Chill, besides many wounded. In an ARRAY
between prison guards and soldiers at Bogota:
United States of Colombia, one general, several
officers, and thirty soldiers were killed The
New England Institute lair Buildings at Bos-
ton, worth 500, &C., were set on FIRE by dis
charged enPloye, and destroyed; nine persons
persisted in the flames. Fifty-one persons were
killed in election rios in Chilli
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
JULY.

VIII Schnell, of Peru, Ind, aged 9. was sem
stealing. rowing band of Turks became sc
enraged at the failure of one of their number
at begging supplies near Youngstown. Ohio, that
they threw her infant to q bear. and held her I'd
see the animal deyour it. Howard Hines, aged
Il, said while picking blackberries near Louis
vile, KY, thai he intended to kill some one !;
then turning suddenly on Samuel Dean, an
the young murderer went to the city anu gave
himself up, saying that the shooting was acci-
dental, A terrible story was reported from
TattnalI County, Georgia, where a negress
named Mary HoIenbeck provided for picnic
party by serving up stew Of human flesh, she
having killed ard cooked g. child that was left
IN her charge abe confessed her crime and her
Infatuated auditors burned her at the stake
Willie Sells, aged J4, of Erie, Kan, wss found
guilty of the murdeS 90 ais parents, his brother
and his sister. and sentenced TO be hanged
which under the laWE Of that State means i'm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05


George Parker, colored, for assault upon g.
White woman, had summary justice melted out
TO him at Pennington, Miss Sidney Davis
on trial at Morgan, Texas, for outrage, when the
proceedings were interrupted by the ARR al of
froe, notorious outlaw and desperado was
hanged by mob at Livingston Ala. Jake
Bra wei, colored, horribly maltreated Dolly
Woods, a six-year-old girl on her way to school;
Brasweil was captured, and q conference of one
hundred whites and blacks gave him the choice
of being burned or hanging himself he chose
hanging. climbed tree, and fastened @ rope
around his own neck and to limb of tree,
when he pushed off and his body ridd1ed
with bullets. At Frisco, Kan, q posse in pur-
suit of murderer surrounded q stable where
the fugitive WAS concealed, and upon t Ie 1at er
refusing to surrender he killed by yolley
of bullets Bill Haley, murderer, was taken
from the jail at Paulding, Ohio, by masked
mob and hanged to q tree. Porter SorreIl, col
ored, was shot to death by mob in Lu1ing,
Texas; he had assaulted Mrs Duke with a.
Ratchet In Comanche County, Texas, mob
hanged a negro boy who had assaulted and
murdered Mrs. Stephens; the 1ynchers were
bent on burning him, but the mother of the
murdered woman plead d for @ less barbarous
punishment A man named Lockwood was
1ynched near Litchfield, Conn.,, for the murder
of young lady named Matte Randall, whom
he encountered at lonely spot the high
way Lockwood was tortured by being shot in
the back, and then negro plunged @ knife
through his neck; he was then strung up to O.
tree. Citizens of Seymour Ind, lynched Lean
der Moody, well-known desperate of Oakland,
Ill for an assault upon young girl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

Kahlihen, speedily followed by the Ign CHI
ing of the latter. who was strung up to O tree
and then riddled with bullets Ed Williams
suffered death upon an impromptu
scatold at Gainesville, Texas, for criminal az.
sault upon white woman
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

Eli Bearden, of Harriston, Ark, who was
twice sentenced to be hanged for the murder of
his case cost the State $4,000 Edward john
son, alias Allen Wright, had quarrel with his
employer Henry G. Steadman, on a farm near
son was pursued and took refuge in a barn which
he defended against 800 men who joined in the
chase; the desperate killed Chas. p Johnson
and fatally wounded Edgar Everett then the
barn set afre. and when it subo ided John
son was found partly cremated and his body
riddled with bullets. In q quarrel over
alleged cattle-stealing in the vicinity of Fort
Elliott. Tex. tour men belonging to the Lone
Star Ranch were killed and two wounded. At
the funeral of Frank Mulkowsk, a Chicago
murderer, from a Polish church. a married Sis
ter rode on the hearse to the cemetery beside
the driver. Three desperadoes confined in the
Newcastle pa jail fled the locks off their cells
and escaped through d hole Sx16 inches cut in a
window.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
FEBRUARY.

Fines of 81 each were imposed upon thirty
three Cincinnati actors who performed on Sun
day. In Waco TEX hotel J. E. Graham, St
Louis drummer, got the drop" on a rival from
Chicago, and the latter vas killed the deceased
CWm. Lambl had declared that "a man who
travelled for a ST. Louis house was no good"
ChesIey Chambers, a noted criminal who
armed with club, assaulted O baggage-master
and an express messenger and robbed the safe
on passenger train near Bloomington, Ind
was sentenced to two years imprisonment At
Newcastle, Dell with the mercury in the
neighborhood of zero, five thieves were
dashed on their bare backs, and forger
was placed in the pillory for an hour
Mrs. Mary Branchu suicided in sensational
manner by jumping from High Bridge, New
York, to the ice below, 100 feet; every bone in
her body was broken. Unemployed" men in
London besieged the authorities for relief, and
this not being granted, mob of 10000 rioters
pillaged shops, broke windows, and hustled
well-to-do citizens about, destroying property to
the value of 100000 A French merchant and
his wife suicided at Monte Carlo, after heavy
losses at gan bling; the lady drowned herself
and her husband then blew out his brains.
Theodore P. Rich, of Cobleskill, N Y, tracked
his wife to st. Paul, whittier she had eloped,
and on coming up with her he killed her and
then Suicided.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-17
TEXAS In TYPE.
Clippings from State Exchanges on Matters
of Interest

Clippings from State Exchanges on Matters
of Interest.
Wheat harvesting is about over in
GraYson county.
Whitney is Boosting Of roasting eSrs
and cotton bolls.
Calvert's scrip is worth one hundred
cents on the dollar.
Sherman has been added TO the list of
free mail delivery posts.
The Vernon Lariat is sneW paper issued
in the town of Vernon.
Work on the Brentwood waterworks
is progressing rapidly.
The first load of wheat was on the
Gainesville market June 10.
Several wheat crops in Jack county will
make twelve bushels to the acre.
In LsmpGsas county the prospects now
are for the largest crops of corn and cot
ton since 1882.
In McLennan county cotton-choppiGg
continues undated. The acreage is very
large this year.
Childress boasts of good water, and is
soon to have windmill and pump to sup
ply the citizens.
Burleson county has scholastic popu-
lstion of 1915. OF this number, 1876 are
colored children.
Willow abounds in the Reighborhood
OF Marshall, and q basket factory is talk
ed ofin that town.
There is a scarcity of stock water in
Hays county, some of the tanks on large
ranches being dry.
J. D. Freeman while riding near Hemp
stead vas knocked out Of his buggy by
stroke of lightning.
The grass in Fisher county is growing
rapidly, and herds of cattle are being
driven there 10 Craze.
The country around Hsllettsville has
had an abundance of rain, and the crop
prospect is excellent.
The City Council of Bowie have agreed
TO issue bonds to the amount OF $4,000 for
the purpose of boring an artesian well.
Knox county Will soon have a stone
jail. Much of the rock is already on the
ground, ana full corps of masons are st
work.
Crops in Wise county promise i'm
mense yield. Much of the corn will
make without more rain, and the cotton,
1t is said, was never better.
John Collins is shipping from his mine
at Malakoff coal to Corsicsna. These
will be made daily as seon as
a track is laid to the mine.
A citizens meeting convened in Cor
sicana looking to starting Woodenware
factory in that place. 1t is thought 8
favorable arrangement will be made.
Childress county offers inducements TO /
investors. The lands are said to be |
choice, and several large ranches have |
heir headquarters in the county, employ |
ing several hundred men.
A colored man of Navasota killed q
jack rabbit which had four horns about
two inches long. The horns were located
On the lower and upper jaws. The rab-
bit is said to have been the largest ever
killed in the county, measuring three
feet from tip to tip.